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Re:Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camer... by aunty_helen on Saturday June 28, 2025 @11:24AM (#44405351)
Yes the death of forums is one of the huge hidden costs and another great reason to hate fb.

Now info you search for online about cars comes from forums that haven’t had a post in the last year, yet in 2009 someone asked a great question about part compatibility.

We need a pirate effort to exfiltrate this data back into the public domain.

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Re:Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camer... by TeMPOraL on Saturday June 28, 2025 @12:01PM (#44405682)
Unfortunately we're facing a cultural issue here as well - people moved on from Facebook to Discord or private WhatsApp groups, and young would-be pirates see it as normal and good.
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Re:Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camer... by whoisyc on Saturday June 28, 2025 @02:16PM (#44406877)
Limiting the spread of the information is a feature, not a bug. You don’t want others to take your 2009 forum post out of context and ridicule you in front of a million angry YouTube viewers.
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Re:Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camer... by rchaud on Saturday June 28, 2025 @02:42PM (#44407061)
On a forum, "you" is an anonymous username, so ridicule is meaningless. It doesn't follow you into the real world.
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Re:Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camer... by whoisyc on Saturday June 28, 2025 @03:22PM (#44407401)
Facebook is used to coordinate real world events. Think weekend hikes, dog shows, garage sales, you name it. If you have to hide your real world identity to post on a forum, then it will not be able to replace Facebook.
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